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FLOUR CHEST.

Patented Dec. 27, 1887.

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D. W. MOOULLOUG'H.

FLOUR CHEST.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID w. MoOULLOUGH, or KING CITY, Missoum, ASSIGNOR or THREE FOURTHS roJ. w. SULLINGER, J. E. KESSLER & BROTHER, AND n.

HELMS, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

FLOUR-CHEST.

SPECIPICATIOliI forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,680,datedDecember 27, 1887.

Application filed March 9, 1887. Serial No. 330,284. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Beit known that I, DAVID W. McCuLLoUGH, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of King City, in the county of Gentry and State ofMissouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFlour-Chests; and I do de clare the following to be a full, clear, andex act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it apro pertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and

to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation 1 of a front elevation offlour-chest. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. Sis a verticalcrosssection. Fig. 4. is an inverted perspective View of the sieve-frameand sieve. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the stirrer.

2o Myinvention relates to flour-chests designed for household use inmaking bread and pastry; and it consists in the construction and novelcombination of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the bodyof the flourchest, which is preferably supported on legs B, and isprovided with a hinged sectional cover, 0 D. The flour or mealreceptacle E,

0 which holds the stock that is to be sifted, is preferably in hopperform-that is, its ends and portions of its sides incline toward a contral discharge-opening, F.

Above the discharge opening F, I-place a re- 3 5 movable sieve-frame,G,which frame G is provided with a concave sieve, H. The upper edge, Q,of the front wall, P, of the sieveframe is inclined from abovedownwardly and inwardly.

G is a block fitting into the lower part of the receptacle E just aboveand at one side of the discharge-opening F, and secured against the rearside of the chest. The said block is similar in shape to the front wallof the sieveframe.

Within the sieve-frame and above the sieve H, I provide a removablestirrer,I,which consists of two heads, J K, connected at theirperipheries by horizontal rods L, any desired number of the latter beingemployed. The removable stirrer I is supported in place above the sieveII by a removable crank-shaft, M, the central part of which isrectangular in cross-section and is supported in hearings in the frontside wall of the flour-chest and in the 5 block G after passing throughthe end walls of the removable sieve-frame G.

The crank can be readily inserted in and drawn from its bearings. \Vhenso detached from its bearings, the stirrer I and sieve-frame G can belifted out of position.

The bearing N in the front end wall,P, of the sieve-frame intersects thebase-line of the inclined edge Q, and a vertical passage, R, leads fromthe bearingN down through the end wall, 6 I. The lower end of thepassage It, when the sieve-frame is in place, communicates with anopening, S, in the front bottom rail, T, at the discharge-opening F, sothat any flour or meal that may work in around the crank-shaft will bedischarged through the passageR and opening S into the drawer U beneaththe sievechamber, and will be thus prevented from working through thejournal-seat and falling out.

At the sides of the drawer U are drawers V W,for the reception of thepie-tins,cake-pans, bread-pans, rolling-pin, cake-cutters, 850.

Above the drawer V are two drawers, XY, to receive sugar, salt, 8m, andabove the drawer W are two drawers, Y X, one of which is partitionedinto pocket-s or receptacles for spices, &c., and the other beingdesigned to contain anything conveniently at hand that may be needed inseasoning.

Z is a removable bread-board or cake and pie board, which, when not inuse, is inserted in a pocket near one end ofthe flour-chest.

A decided advantage in this construction is, that when the sieve becomesclogged or needs cleaning to prepare it for the use of flour after 0meal has been used,it may be readily and conveniently removed for thispurpose. Further, the passage R and the opening S permit the crank-shaftto clear itself of the flour or meal that may enter the bearing.

The stirrer-heads are metal-faced around their bearing-seats bywear-plates a,which take crank-shaft, the removable stirrer, and therethe strain and Wear from the Wooden heads, and movable sieve-framehaving a vertical passage 15 thereby prolong the usefulness of saidheads. in its front wall communicating with the jour- It should beobserved that the drawer U,f0r nal-seat therein and with the passage inthe 5 catching the flour, will fill full and no more bottom rail of thehopper-shaped receptacle,

flour will pass from the hopper. substantially as specified.

Having described myinvention,whatlclai in, In testimony whereof I afiixmy signaturein 2o and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ispresence oftwo witnesses.

The combination, with the bodyof the fionr- VT 10 chest, having ahopper-shaped receptacle pro- DAVID MCGULLOUGH' vided with adischarge-opening in the bot- W'iinesscs: tom thereof; anda bottom rail,said rail being J. H. HANDEL, i provided with a passage, of theremovable I. M. Sl-IEARER.

